HMS Aboukir

HMS Aboukir

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Aboukir", after Abu Qir Bay, the site of the Battle of the Nile:

*HMS "Aboukir" was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line, formerly the French ship "Aquilon". She was captured by the British at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 and broken up in 1802.
* HMS "Aboukir" was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1807, on harbour service from 1824 and sold in 1838.
*HMS "Aboukir" was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line launched in 1848. She was refitted with screw propulsion in 1858 and was sold in 1877.
*HMS "Aboukir" was a "Cressy"-class armoured cruiser launched in 1900 and torpedoed along with two sister ships on 22 September 1914.

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